Cigar-tip perforator.



PATENTED JUNE 2, 1908.

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APPLIoATIoN FILED Nov.s,1so'1.

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AUGUSTUS W. STEPHENS, OF WALTHAM, MASSAGHUSETTS.

CIG-AR-TIP PERFORATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 2, 1908.

Application led November 8, 1907. Serial No. 401,215.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS W. STE- PHENs, of l/Valtham, in the county of Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Tip Perforators, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cigar tip perforators, adapted to be carried in the pocket, and provided with a cavity to receive one end of a cigar, and with a perforating pin projecting into said cavity, and adapted to perforate a t'ip inserted therein.

The invention has for its object to provide a cigar tip perforator of this character, with a handle portion which enables it to be readily manipulated, and is at the same time adapted to serve as a storage receptacle for another article, such as a cork screw, the whole being adapted to be carried in the pocket of the user.

The invention consists in the improved device which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

0f the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,-Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a cigar tip perforator embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 represents a view similar to a portion of Fig. 2, showing a different form of cigar perforating or cutting device.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

My improved device comprises a solid body portion a', which is preferably made of wood, and has at one end a longer extension a, and at the opposite end a shorter extension c2, the body with its two extensions preferably forming a cylinder, of suitable size to be conveniently carried in a pocket. The shorter extension a? has a cavity e opening at one end of the cylinder.

f represents a perforating device or pin, the shankof which is iirmly embedded in the body 0,', the pointed outer end of the pin projecting into the cavity e, so that it is adapted `to penetrate a cigar tip inserted in said cavity. To enable the pin f to be iirml and durably engaged with the body o., I d it The extension c provides a sufficient length of grasping surface to enable the device to be conveniently manipulated as a cigar tip perforator. The extension a is further utilized as a storage receptacle for a cork screw c,

said extension being provided with a cavity b adapted to receive the spiral portion of the cork screw, as shown in Fig. 2.

The extension a may be used for holding toothpicks or other articles usually carried in the pocket, a suitablestopper being provided for closing the mouth of the cavity b.

It will be seen that the body portion a is made of such length that the pin f may be readily forced through it, and that the extension a compensates for the reduced length of the .body a', so that the device is adapted to be conveniently manipulated as a cigar perforator, the extension 0. also serving as a holder for another-article or articles.

' I claim:

A cigar perforator composed of' a rod of penetrable material, having a solid body portion, and longer and shorter extensions at opposite ends of the body portion and inte-' gral therewith, said extensions having oppositely opening cavities, and a perforating pin having its shank driven into the penetrable material of the body, and its point projecting from the body into the cavity of the shorter extension, the said shorter extension` and pin serving as a cigar perforator, while the longer extension serves as a handle for the perforator and also as astorage receptacle. In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

l AUGUSTUS W. STEPHENS. Witnesses:

l?. W. PEZZETTI, C. F. BROWN. 

